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Article: Spain, a rising star of coffee. (column)
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- Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 1989
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Spain, a rising star of coffee
To draw the landscape of coffee in Spain, one needs to capture three dominate features: Spain is first and foremost a price market in both green and roasted coffee; Spanish trade and industry sectors are controlled by a variety of international companies; coffee is the growth market in Spain as to actual green coffee imports, transit coffees and domestic consumption.
Spanish trade and roasters deal in some of the cheapest coffees available. One major factor in this is that Spanish consumers can buy the cheapest roasted coffee to be found in Europe. Despite official reports showing Spain with about 41 percent of imports in ...